Webster Bible Translation

Judges 1:20-30 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

20. And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

21. And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.

23. And the house of Joseph sent to explore Beth-el. Now the name of the city before was Luz.

24. And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.

25. And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but they let go the man and all his family.

26. And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz: which is its name to this day.

27. Neither did Manasseh expel the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its towns, nor Tanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28. And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that they subjected the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly expel them.

29. Neither did Ephraim expel the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30. Neither did Zebulun expel the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.